Summary of the invention
Current laser frequency control technology there are aiming at the problem that, the invention proposes a kind of big tuning amount high-precision controls
The control system and its control method of laser frequency;To the control of beat frequency rate, there are commonly two methods of frequency locking and locking phase, locks
The tuning of Larger Dynamic range may be implemented in frequency, but it is not high to control precision;Locking phase may be implemented high-precision Frequency Locking, but nothing
Method meets the tuning of Larger Dynamic range simultaneously.The present invention uses programmable logic device (CPLD) by two loop knots of frequency locking and locking phase
Altogether, it realizes while the target of Larger Dynamic range and high-precision control laser frequency.
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of control systems of big tuning amount high-precision control laser frequency.
The control system of big tuning amount high-precision control laser frequency of the invention include: main laser, from laser, close
Bundle device, high-speed photodetector, frequency reference source, frequency locking device and phase-locking device;Wherein, main laser and from laser point
Not Shu Chu laser to beam merging apparatus;Beam merging apparatus output light to high-speed photodetector generates beat signal;Beat signal difference
It is transmitted to frequency locking device and phase-locking device;Frequency locking device includes frequency divider and programmable logic device (CPLD), by writing program
Frequency senser, locking phase control unit and main control unit are formed in CPLD;The divided device of beat signal is transformed into frequency as former letter
The frequency signal of number frequency 1/N, is transmitted to CPLD, and CPLD is surveyed using the reference signal that frequency reference source provides as clock reference
Frequency unit measures the frequency of beat signal, is transmitted to main control unit;Main control unit believes current beat signal frequency and beat frequency
Number frequency setting value compares, and obtains digital frequency locked signal, and digital frequency locked signal is fed back to the power supply from laser, is formed
Frequency-locked loop;Digital frequency locked Signal Regulation is from the Injection Current of laser, so that the output frequency from laser is adjusted, to adjust
The frequency of beat signal;Beat signal after adjusting frequency is further input to frequency locking device, when beat signal and beat signal
When the difference of frequency setting value is adjusted in the operating dynamic range of phase-locking device, main control unit keeps the digital frequency locked letter of output
It is number constant, pass through locking phase control unit and starts phase-locking device work;Phase-locking device includes sequentially connected integrated locking phase chip, low
Bandpass filter and proportional integral circuit;Integrated locking phase chip obtains the reference signal phase demodulation that beat signal is provided with frequency reference source
To corresponding error signal, the power supply from laser is fed back to after low-pass filter and proportional integral circuit are adjusted, is formed
Phase-locked loop;Error signal adjusts the Injection Current from laser, to realize the locking of laser frequency;Meanwhile CPLD is lasting
To beat signal frequency measurement, when the work that the frequency of beat signal is located at phase-locking device with the difference of beat signal frequency setting value is moved
When within the scope of state, keep the digital frequency locked signal of output constant;When the difference of beat signal and beat signal frequency setting value is super
When out in the operating dynamic range of phase-locking device, CPLD disconnects phase-locked loop, starts the digital frequency locked signal for updating output, passes through
The digital frequency locked Signal Regulation beat signal of output, until beat signal meets locking phase requirement again, eventually by phase-locked loop
It realizes and is locked from the output frequency of laser;Wherein, N is frequency dividing ratio, and N is natural number.
Beam merging apparatus uses 1/2 slide, polarization beam splitter prism and 1/4 slide;Wherein, main laser exports laser, through 1/2
Slide adjusts polarization direction, and the input polarization beam splitter prism together with the laser exported from laser, the laser after closing beam is through 1/4 glass
Piece is input to high-speed photodetector and forms beat signal.
High-speed photodetector uses indium gallium arsenic detector.
The output frequency of main laser is locked in exact value;It adjusts and realizes from the Injection Current of laser from the defeated of laser
Frequency is adjusted in a wide range of out, will be from the Frequency Locking of laser.The output for the slave laser that the control system can lock
The range of the difference of the output frequency of frequency and main laser is limited solely by the responsive bandwidth and frequency divider of high-speed photodetector
Bandwidth of operation.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a kind of control methods of big tuning amount high-precision control laser frequency.
The control method of big tuning amount high-precision control laser frequency of the invention, comprising the following steps:
1) main laser and laser is exported respectively from laser to beam merging apparatus;
2) beam merging apparatus output light to high-speed photodetector generates beat signal;
3) beat signal is transmitted separately to frequency locking device and phase-locking device;
4) the divided device of beat signal is transformed into the frequency signal that frequency is original signal frequency 1/N, is then transmit to CPLD,
For CPLD using the reference signal that frequency reference source provides as clock reference, frequency senser measures the frequency of beat signal, is transmitted to
Main control unit, wherein N is frequency dividing ratio, and N is natural number;
5) main control unit compares the frequency of beat signal with beat signal frequency setting value, if beat signal and bat
When the difference of frequency signal frequency setting value is beyond in the operating dynamic range of phase-locking device, enter step a), if beat signal
When being located in the operating dynamic range of phase-locking device with the difference of beat signal frequency setting value, enter step b):
A) main control unit stops phase-locking device work by control locking phase control unit, and main control unit updates digital frequency locked letter
Number, and digital frequency locked signal is fed back into the power supply from laser, form frequency-locked loop;Digital frequency locked Signal Regulation is from laser
Injection Current, to adjust from the output frequency of laser, to adjust the frequency of the beat signal after closing beam with main laser,
Then return step 1);
B) main control unit keeps the digital frequency locked signal of output constant, starts phase-locking device work by locking phase control unit
Make;Beat signal is obtained corresponding error signal with the reference signal phase demodulation that frequency reference source provides by integrated locking phase chip, is passed through
The power supply from laser is fed back to after crossing low-pass filter and proportional integral circuit adjusting, forms phase-locked loop, error signal tune
Save the Injection Current from laser, return step 1), it realizes eventually by phase-locked loop from the output frequency of laser and locks.
Advantages of the present invention:
The present invention exports combiner and obtains beat signal using main laser and from laser;Adjust the note from laser
Enter control of the electric current realization to the output frequency from laser, and then controls the frequency of beat signal;Using CPLD by frequency locking and
Two control loops of locking phase combine, and realize while the target of Larger Dynamic range and high-precision control laser frequency;With master
On the basis of the output light frequency of laser, output light frequency of the accurate lock from laser, the frequency of two laser output lights
Difference can be adjusted in a big way, be thereby realized from the big tuning amount of output light frequency of laser and high-precision control.
The present invention solves the problems, such as that the big tuning amount of existing laser frequency control method and high-precision locking cannot be realized simultaneously, Neng Goushi
The laser frequency tuning and locking of now quick, big tuning amount (40GHz or more) and high-precision (1Hz);Method of the invention can be with
It is widely used in basic research and the Technology of Precision Measurement fields such as cooling laser, atomic frequency standard and atomic interferometer.
Specific embodiment
With reference to the accompanying drawing, by specific embodiment, the present invention is further explained.
As shown in Figure 1, the control system of the big tuning amount high-precision locking laser frequency of the present embodiment includes: main laser
Device, from laser, beam merging apparatus, high-speed photodetector, frequency reference source, frequency locking device and phase-locking device;Wherein, conjunction is got one's things ready
It sets using 1/2 slide, polarization beam splitter prism and 1/4 slide;Main laser exports laser, adjusts polarization direction through 1/2 slide, with
Input polarization beam splitter prism, the laser after closing beam export the laser exported from laser through 1/4 slide together;Beam merging apparatus output
Light to high-speed photodetector generates beat signal;Beat signal is transmitted separately to frequency locking device and phase-locking device;Frequency locking device
Including frequency divider and programmable logic device (CPLD), frequency senser, locking phase control unit are formed in CPLD by writing program
And main control unit;The divided device of beat signal is transformed into the frequency signal that frequency is original signal frequency 1/N, is transmitted to CPLD,
For CPLD using the reference signal that frequency reference source provides as clock reference, frequency senser measures the frequency of beat signal, is transmitted to
Main control unit, main control unit compare current beat signal frequency with beat signal frequency setting value, obtain digital frequency locked
Signal, and digital frequency locked signal is fed back to the power supply from laser, forms frequency-locked loop, and digital frequency locked Signal Regulation is from laser
The Injection Current of device, so that the output frequency from laser is adjusted, to adjust the frequency of beat signal, the beat frequency after adjusting frequency
Signal is further input to frequency locking device, when the difference of beat signal and beat signal frequency setting value is adjusted to phase-locking device
When in operating dynamic range, main control unit keeps the digital frequency locked signal of output constant, passes through control locking phase control unit starting
Phase-locking device work;Phase-locking device includes sequentially connected integrated locking phase chip, low-pass filter and proportional integral circuit, is integrated
Beat signal is obtained corresponding error signal with the reference signal phase demodulation that frequency reference source provides by locking phase chip, by low pass filtered
Wave device and proportional integral circuit feed back to the power supply from laser after adjusting, and form phase-locked loop, and error signal is adjusted from laser
The Injection Current of device, to realize the locking of laser frequency;At this point, CPLD is persistently to beat signal frequency measurement, when beat signal frequency
When the difference of rate and beat signal frequency setting value is located in the operating dynamic range of phase-locking device, the digital frequency locked of output is kept
Signal is constant;When in operating dynamic range of the difference of beat signal and beat signal frequency setting value beyond phase-locking device,
CPLD disconnects phase-locked loop, starts the digital frequency locked signal for updating output, is believed by the digital frequency locked Signal Regulation beat frequency of output
Number frequency realizes the output frequency from laser eventually by phase-locked loop until beat signal frequency meets locking phase requirement again
Rate locking is equal to beat signal frequency setting value from the difference on the frequency of laser and main laser.
In the present embodiment, high-speed photodetector uses indium gallium arsenic detector;The frequency of main laser is
384234683MHz, is 384223114MHz from the frequency of laser, and the reference frequency that frequency reference source provides is 10MHz, lock
The operating dynamic range of phase device is 500MHz, and beat signal frequency setting value is 6580MHz.The present embodiment realizes ±
The big tuning amount of 20GHz, while the high-precision laser frequency tuning of 1Hz and locking.In the present embodiment, the frequency range be-
20GHz~20GHz, it is consistent with beat signal frequency range of set value.
It is finally noted that the purpose for publicizing and implementing example is to help to further understand the present invention, but this field
Technical staff be understood that without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and the appended claims, it is various replacement and repair
It is all possible for changing.Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to embodiment disclosure of that, and the scope of protection of present invention is to weigh
Subject to the range that sharp claim defines.